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N. B. WILDBR. BALING PRESS.

No. 593,148. Patented Nov. 2,1897.

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N. B. WILDER.

BALING PRESS.

No. 93,148. Patented Nov. 2,1897.

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NORMAN B. YVILDER, OF PROPHETSTOW N, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF T OH. E. PADDOCK AND N. F. MILLIKEN, OF SAME PLACE.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,148, dated November2, 1897.

Application filed March 26, 1897 Serial No. 629,409- (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NORMAN B. WILDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Prophetstown, in the county of Nhiteside and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaling-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to certain improvements in baling-presses andpowers therefor.

The object of the invention is to provide certain improvements inrebounding-plunger baling-presses whereby a most durable, simple,powerful, and eflicient baling-press will be provided, composed of aminimum numher of parts for the purposes intended and results to beattained.

A further object of the invention is to provide certain improvements inpowers for rebounding-plunger baling-presses, which will be simple anddurable in construction and composed of a minimum number of parts.

The invention consists in certain novel features in construction and incombinations and in arrangements of parts, as more fully andparticularly pointed out and described hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe press provided at its front end with the power to which a steam orother engine is coupled. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal central sectional view of the press of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig.at is a top plan view of the press of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is adetailperspective View showing the bed-beams and various parts which arecoupled thereto detached and separated. Fig. 6 is a detail crosssectional view taken through the frontsupporting-axle, showing the frontends of the bed-beams and the king-bolt and the manner of coupling thelower end thereof to the axle. Fig. 7 is a detail top plan of thebed-beams, the frame and parts of the machine being removed on thesection-line 7 7, Fig. 1. Fig. Sis a detail perspective view of thesheave to which the plunger-operating cable is attached, showing thesheave-actuating trip rigid withthe shaft of the sheave. Fig. 9 is adetail view, partly in section, of the joint in thepresser-headoperating toggle. Fig. 10 is a detail diagrammatical view ofthe mechanism for controlling the trip-shaft and throwing the trip outof the path of the trip-operating projection.

The frame of Y the baling-press generally comprises four parallel barsa, arranged horizontally and a suitable distance apart to form whatmight be termed a rectangular foursided structure. These bars areconnected by suitable cross-frames, while an intermediate portion of theframe is inclosed or otherwise suitably formed to constitute abalingchamber 5 of any suitable or desirable structure, which in itselfforms no part of my present invention. The baling-chamber terminatesrearwardly in the open slideway between the upper and lower bars of theframe, where the division-boards (not here shown) can be introduced andthe proper bale-ties inserted. The rear ends of the beams are united bythe pressure-applying device 0, of any suitable construction, forming nopart of my present invention, the completed bales being discharged, asusual, between the rear ends of the bars, the hay being compressed inthe baling-chamber and forced therefrom along between the bars a in rearof the chamher, where suitable pressure is applied thereto by drawingthe ends of the bars toward each other by the pressure device 0.

a are the retainingdevices, of any suitable construction,extendingthrough the side walls of the baling-chamber to perform their well knownfunction in preventing retrograde movement of the hay after beingcompressed by the plunger hereinafter referred to.

The baling-chamber has the top feedingopening Z1, which can be providedwith any suitable hopper or table for carrying the hay being passed intothe feeding-opening, the sides or a portion of the hopper or table beingshown in Fig. 4 and lettered (4 The frame comprising the saidlongitudinal bars a extends forwardly a suitable distance in advance ofthe baling-chamber to carry the plunger-operating means, and the frontend receives and is rigidly secured to an end head or frame d, arrangedvertically and provided with the depending lug or projection cl for thepurpose hereinafter referred to.

e is the reciprocating presser or plunger head, preferably mounted andtraveling on the antifriction-rolls 6, running on a suitable track orguideway formed by the floor of the paling-chamber and the frame inadvance thereof. The plunger head reciprocates through or partiallythrough the baling-chamher, as usual, and is preferably recessed at itsrear to receive the front end of the operating toggle or pitmanpivotally joined to the head in said recess. The lower portion of therear side of the head is provided with the two rearwardly-extendin gbeveled or tapered projections e which on the rebound of the plungerengage the curved cushioning-springs ff to cushion or break the force ofthe rebound of the head. These springs are at their rear ends secured tothe lowerportion of the frame, with their curved free ends extendingforwardly over the rigid stops g g and beyond the same into the pathtraveled bysaid curved projections or surfaces 6 of the head, so thatwhen the head rebounds said curved surfaces engage said springs andforce the same up against the tension thereof before said projectionsfinally engage the rigid stops g 9 formed in the frame, which positivelylimit the rearward throw of said head.

The presser-hea d-o perating toggle or pitman comprises thelonglink h,atone end pivoted to the presser-head, as before described, and theshorter link 7t, at one end pivoted to the forward end of the link itand at its opposite end pivoted to a rigid part of the frame of themachine at a point preferably below the horizontal plane in which thehead reciprocates and in a manner hereinafter set forth. The shorterlink 7i is preferably composed of two parallel plates or bars arrangedon opposite sides of the front end of the link h and confined thereto bya single pivot-pin 712, which also passes through a recess 7L3,extending completely through the end of the link It, and in which aloose pulley h is arranged and mounted on the pivoted pin 71 so that thepulley rotates in a vertical plane on the horizontal pivot-pin. The linkh has the lateral bosses 7r rigid therewith,on which the ends of thebars forming link 72, turn and are confined by the nut and head of thebolt 7L2 and suitable washers.

t7; are a pair of parallel horizontal strongly and usually similarlyconstructed bed-beams arranged parallel with and beneath the frontportions of the lower frame-bars a, and usually, although notnecessarily, extending from the front end of the frame rearwardl y to apoint beneath the front end of the balingchamber. However I do not wishto limit myself to this precise relative length and exact arrangcment ofthese bed-beams. These beams are strongly and rigidly secured to theunder side of the frame-bars a at the front end by having their frontends 2" separated a suitable distance and arranged on opposite sides ofthe lug d of the end head of the frame and secured thereto by thecross-pin or bolt passed through said ends of the bed-beams and the saidlug. The rear ends of the said bed-beams have the transverse grooves orseats 1' in their upper and lower faces, and the lower cross-head 7;",extends transversely across the under sides of the rear ends of the saidbed-beams and fits in the under crossgrooves thereof and has the raisedends at the outer sides of the beams forming the vertical shoulders 70,fitting the outer edges of the beams and thereby locking the beams together against separating movement. The upper cross-head Z fits in theupper crossgrooves of the beams and extends trans verselyacross saidbeams and at its ends rests on the. extended ends of the undercross-head 7c and is provided with the upwardly-extending lugs or carsZ, engaging the sides of the frame of the press and thereby holding thetwo bed-beams against lateral play independent of the press-frame bars.The vertical tie-bolts m pass up through the projecting ends of the twocross-heads kl and along the outside of the baling-chamber and through across-head n on top of the baling-chamber,

where the tie-bolts are provided with securing-nuts or other suitableand desirable lock ing means. The front ends of the bed-beams are thusrigidly secured to the front head of. the frame, while the rear ends ofthe beams are also rigidly and stronglysecured and confined to the underside of the frame-bars and also are secured together by the same means.These bed -beams are secured rigidly one against the other and arerecessed at their A inner faces to leave ample room and space for thefree movement of the link 7L of the toggle.

Just in advance of the cross-heads 7t Z the inner faces of the two beamsare recessed to form a space for the pulley 0, which turns in a Verticalplane on the cross-bolt 0, also assisting in securing the bed-beamstogether.

At the front end of the long central opening between the bed-beams andat their inner faces said beams have the longitudinally slotted orbifurcated portions 1; 71 which fit to gether or engage each other sothat their longitudinal slots 2' coincide. These slots open through therear ends of said portions into I the central space between the beamsand at their rear ends terminate in the shoulders f, and the slottedportions 2' are separated from the bodies or main parts of the beams bythe vertical spaces or recesses 2'.

p is a bearing-block arranged in the front end of the space between thetwo bed-beams, with the two bosses p 19 extending laterally from theopposite side edges thereof to the inner faces of the two bed-beams. Thelower ends of the two bars forming the link h of the toggle havebearing-openings confined and turning on said bosses, and a bolt or pinq is passed transversely through the bed beams and through thebearing-block, passing centrally through said bosses. The bearing-blockis provided with a forwardly-projecting shank p extending into the slots2 from the front end thereof and fitting snugly therein and at its rearend abutting against the shoulder 11 at the inner end of the slot, whilethe block has a shoulder 19 fitting and abutting against the outer endsof the slotted portions 2' A bolt 7' is passed transversely through thebed-beams and through said shank of the bearing-block. It will thus beobserved that the pitman or toggle for actuating the pi'essenheacl, andalso the presserhead, can be easilyremoved from the machine withoutseparating or taking apart the frame by simply removing the bolts q rand sliding the bearing-block p rearwardly into the central open spaceuntil its shank leaves the said slotted portions r1 when the said blockcan be lifted from the open space between the bed-beams and the ends ofthe link h can be removed therefrom. The operation of again placing theparts in position and loosely confining the ends of the toggle-link isas easily performed, as the bearing-block with the link ends on itsjournal-bosses has merely to be placed in proper position between thebedbeams with its shank in the slot formed by the two slots of the twobeams and the bolts g r placed in their proper positions. A most strongand rigid construction is thus provided for mounting the forward end ofthe toggle and of receiving the great forward thrust thereof when themachine is in operation, as it will be seen that the forward thrust ofthe toggle on the bearing-block is against the rigid shoulder formed bythe shoulders of the two bed-beams and against the front ends of theslotted portions 11 which shoulders are rigid with the bed-beams and sothat the said strain is directly longitudinal of the bedbeams, althoughany down strain thereon is resisted by the front axle, hereinaftermentioned, and by the rear supporting and securing device of said beams,hereinbefore described.

8 is a clevis or cable-securing device which has its lower end forkedand passed down through or into the recesses i 2' of the bedbeams andmounted on and secured by the bolt 1*, while the upper end of theclevis, above the bed-beams, has an eye to which the operating-cable issecured, as hereinafter described.

Just in advance of the slotted portions of the bed-beams and of thebearing-block said beams have a vertical recess therethrough in which apulley t is located, turning freely on the horizontal bolt or pin 15',passing through the bed-beams.

Just in rear of the lug (2 of the end head of the frame the bed'beamscome together and engage each other and are formed with the transversevertical semicylindrical grooves, which coincide to form the verticalbolt-hole 2' extending from the top to the bottom of the beams toreceive the vertical kingbolt it, having a suitable nut or other lookingdevice at its upper end at the upper sides .of the bed-beams, andanannular shoulder a, fitting the under sides of the bed-beams. At adistance below said shoulder said bolt has the enlarged circular flangeor head U2, rounded or convexed on the upper surface and flat on theunder side, which rests on the upper edge of the front axle o of thepress, while the lower end of the bolt beneath said flange is rounded(see id) and fits and rests in an upwardly-flaring rounded socket orseat o in the upper side of the axle. Plates 1: v are secured bysuitable bolts at the front and rear edges of the axle with flanges orlips '0 projecting over the rounded upper face of the flange or head aof the king-bolt and beveled or curved at their under faces, so that thefront axle is free to turn on the lower end of the bolt and its ends canswing vertically on the lower rounded endof the bolt as a fulcrum, whichmovement is permitted by the rounded surfaces of the flange n and thelips or flanges of the plates v while the axle has an extended bearingand base where the broad flange or head a of the king-bolt reststhereon.

The front axle is provided with suitable supporting-wheels w, and a rearaxle 5c is provided also, having supporting-wheels w mounted thereon.

The rear axle w is usually secured rigidly to the frame beneath thefront portion of the baling-chamber and has the tie-rods or rigidlysecured thereto at their rear ends and at their front ends rigidlysecured to the vertical bolts m wt, preferably at the lower ends of saidbolts just beneath the two cross-heads uniting the bed-beams, so thatthe front and rear axles are tied together and also to the frame andbed-beams, whereby the strain is generally distributed throughout thevarious parts of the framework of the machine and a most strong andrigid structure is attained.

y is a strongly-constructed brace or leg extending in an inclinedposition downwardly and forwardly from the front end of the machine toengage the ground. The upper end of the leg is bifurcated to embrace thelug cl and fit between the front ends of the bedbeams, and said ends areperforated transversely to receive the pin securing the'front ends ofthe bed-beams to the said lug and which also serves to secure the saidleg. A brace or tie rod y is at the front end secured to an intermediateportion of the logy and at its upper rear end secured to a rigid part ofthe machine, such as one of the bed-beams. This leg, having its lowerforwardly-inclined end engaging the ground, materially aids in holdingthe machine against forward movement, particularly when a plank, stake,or other obstruction is placed in front of the lower end of the leg toprevent forward movement of the leg and cause its front end to take intothe ground and thus lock the machine in place.

The lower free end of the leg y has a slight vertical movement, andhence its tendency is to cause its front end to swing down and take intothe ground under forward strain on the machine, so that any forwardmovement of the machine would cause the front end of the.

machine to rise or lift up on the said leg.

2 is a coiled retracting-sprin g for returning the presser when pressedrearwardly to its limit of rearward movement and at the completion ofeach compressing stroke. This spring can be arranged and secured in anydesirable manner, although it is here shown as secured to the link 7Land to the frame or a rigid part thereof.

Referring to the power for actuating and releasing thepresser-head-actuating toggle, 3 is a rotary driveshaft arrangedtransversely of the frame and projecting at its ends beyond the same andusually mounted in suitable bearing or journal boxes mounted at thefront portions of the upper sides of the top longitudinal frame-bars. Atone end this shaft usually has the fiy or balance wheel 8' rigidtherewith and at the opposite end the driving-pulley 3" rigid therewith,on which the driving-belt t from a steanrengine or other actuating meansis arranged to constantly rotate said drive-shaft in the same direction.A wheel or disk 3 is also rigidly fixed on said drive-shaft 3 at theinner side of the drivingpulley, and this disk is provided with theeccentrically-arranged rigid stud 3, projecting inwardly therefrom andhaving a loose roller mounted thereon. The front end head of the frameis provided with a central opening and with suitable journal-boxes 5 5on opposite sides of said opening, in which the trip-shaft 6 is mountedtransversely of the said head, with its ends projecting beyond the same.This trip-shaft is arranged parallel with and a distance below andforwardly from the rotary drive-shaft and has the sheave 7 rigidlymounted on the central portion thereof and located in the said openingin the frame-head. The presser-head-operating toggle-cable 8 is at oneend secured to and adapted to wind on said sheave, and from thencepasses down around the pulley t and rearwardly beneath the bed-beams tothe pulley 0, and from thence upwardly to the pulley 7r at the joint inthe toggle, and over the same and forwardly and downwardly to the cleviss, to which the end of the cable is securely fastened. It will beobserved that the point where the cable is secured to the clevis sis adistance below the horizontal plane of the joint of the toggle at allpoints in the path of movement of said joint of the toggle, and that thepulley 0 is also below the plane of said joint of the toggle andrearwardly of the same, and that the length of the cable between saidclevis and pulley 0 is stretched over the joint of the toggle. Hencewhen the cable is wound on the sheave 7, the toggle being doubled up andthe presser-head at its limit of forward movement, the cable draws downthe joint of the toggle and straightens the same with great force andpower, thereby driving in the presser-head to perform its pressingoperation, as shown in Fig. 3.

The end of the trip-shaft adjacent to the wheel or disk 3 of the rotarydrive-shaft is provided with the trip 9, arranged in the cir cular pathof the stud or projection 23 011 said disk. This trip is stronglyconstructed and is at its inner end rigidly secured to the tripshaft andextends laterally or radially therefrom beside the disk 3 and is of suchlength and so arranged in relation to the stud 3 that when thepresser-head rebounds and reaches its limit of forward movement the'trip is at its operative limit of forward movement with its extremityjust within the path of rotation of said projection, about as shown inthe diagrammatical view Fig. 13. As the drive-shaft revolves the saidprojection 3 engages the edge of the trip near the extremity thereof andforces the trip around ahead of the projection, the projection movingalong toward the inner end of the trip, thereby moving the trip in adirection which rotates the trip-shaft and Winds up the cable on thesheave of the trip-shaft and forces the presser-head into thebaling-chamber in its compressing stroke. When the projection 3 reachesits limit of inward movement on the edge of the trip, the presser-headhas completed one-half of its inward or compressing stroke and theprojection reaches its limit of inward movement on the trip as it passesaround under or beside the end of the trip-shaft and as the trip entersthe plane connecting or in which the driveshaft and the trip-shaft arelocated. As the projection forces the trip beyond said plane thepresser-head starts in on the second half of its compressing stroke, andthe projection travels toward the outer end of the trip, and as theprojection reaches the end, or nearly reaches the end, of the trip thepresser-head reaches that part of the baling-chamber where it meets thegreatest resistance from the compressed hay. Thus when the presser-headreaches the point of greatest resistance to its further rearwardprogress the projection 3" is near the end of the trip, and henceexerting great force and leverage on the trip-shaft in rotating the sameto wind the toggle-operating cable on the sheave. The projection 3 hencereaches a point near the end of the trip and has its greatest leverageon the trip-shaft when the presser about reaches the limit of itscompressing stroke. As the trip-actuating projection continues to movearound it presses the trip inwardly and slips off the rounded end of thetrip and passes around beyond the same after it has swung the triparound about two-thirds or two hundred and forty degrees of a completecircle. The trip and its shaft being thus released, the plunger at oncerebounds under the action of the retracting-spring 2 and the elasticityof the compressed hay, thereby drawing up the toggleoperating cable andunwinding the same from the sheave and rotating the trip to throw thetrip back again to its start position with its extremity in the path ofthe trip-operating projection in readiness to be engaged thereby andagain swung around to repeat the compressing operation. A most rapid,simple, and exceedingly powerful presser-head-operating power is thusprovided for rebounding presser-heads which exerts the greatest powerand leverage on the presser-head at the beginning and completion of itscompressing stroke.

The engaging edge or surface of the trip is preferably curved,with theintermediate concave depression terminating in the roundedout orconvexed surfaces toward the ends of the trip, so that an extendedhearing or engaging surface is provided for the circularlymovingtrip-operating projection which extends the swing of the trip and strokeof the presser-hcad.

The power can be easily and quickly thrown out of gear, so that thedriving-shaft 3 can continue to rotate without rotating the tripshaft orpresser-head, by simply rotating the trip-shaft after the presser-headhas rebounded, and the trip is in its normal position at thestarting-point to move the trip in toward the driving-shaft, so that itsextremity passes in beneath the trip and out of the circular path ofsaid projection. The projection is thus free to travel completely aroundthe trip without engaging the same. Various means can be provided tothus throw the trip out of gear and back to its operative position atthe starting-point. As an example of several constructions which can beprovided for this purpose I show a cross-head 10, rigid on the end ofthe trip-shaft opposite the trip, having the upper and lower flexibleconnections 11 11 secured to the opposite ends thereof and extendingrearwardly along the exterior of the side of the machine to and securedto an upright lever 12 at opposite sides of the fulcrum-point 13thereof. Other operating means can be employed instead of the lever,which is usuallyfulcrumed at the side of the rear portion of thebaling-chamber within convenient reach of the persons feeding themachine and applying the bale-ties. This lever is mounted to swing in aplane parallel with the length of the machine and is provided with anysuitable locking means, as a spring-pawl and toothed segment. Eachconnection 11 has a coiled retractive spring 14, interposed therein andforming a part of the connection. The parts are so arranged that thetrip. It should be noted that the crosshead 10 turns with thetrip-shaft, so that during the compressing operation the lowerconnection 11 slackens while the upper connection tightens and expandsthe coil-spring therein, and on the release of the trip and rebound ofthe plunger the cross-head and connections assume their normal positionsshown in Fig. 10. The trip is thrown in out of operative position, asdescribed, by throwing the upper end of the lever 12 rearwardly andthereby tightening the upper connection 11 and turning the trip-shaft torock the trip out of the path of the trip-operating projection.

A feeding device can be provided to intermittingly or periodically forcethe hay down through the feeding-opening into the balingchamber in frontof the presser-head and after each rebound thereof. To accomplish thisobject a rock-shaft 15 is mounted transversely on the frame-bars a at apoint between the power and the baling-chambeiz This shaft has an arm 16rigid therewith and cxtendin g laterally therefrom and rearwardly overthe machine with its rear end curved down and formed with an enlargedhead or rake 17, which is normally located a distance above thefeed-opening of the baling-chamber. An operating-arm 18 is rigid withand extends forwardly from said rock-shaft, with the curved end arrangedat such a point in the circular path of the trip-operating projection 3that the projection will move up beneath and engage said arm 18 and liftthe same, and hence force the feeder rake or head 17 down into thebaling-chamber just after the presser-head has in its rebound passedforwardly from beneath said opening. After the trip-operating projectionhas operated the feeder to force and press down a sufficient quantity ofhay in front of the presser-head the said projection slips past thecurved end of said arm 18 and the feeder returns to its normal position,with the rake-head 1'7 elevated and the arm 18 engaging and restingagainst a rigid stop 20. The feeder can be constructed in any suitablemanner to normally maintain the elevated position of the rake-head, asby having the arm 18 weighted or formed heavier than the opposite endcarrying the rake-head. In this connection it should be noted that thepresser-head of the machine carrie. as usual, an apron, (not hereshown,) which closes the feeding-opening of the baling-chamber when thehead is performing the compressing operation and which moves back toopen the feedingopening when the head rebounds. This apron can be of anyordinary andsuitable construction, such as is well known to thoseskilled in the art.

It is evident that various changes and modifications might be made inthe forms, constructions, and arrangements of the parts dc scribedwithout departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I donot wish to limit my invention to the constructions specifically setforth herein, but con si d or in yself entitled to all such changes andvariations as fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire'to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a baling-press, the combination of a frame, a baling chamber, areciprocating presser-head, bed-beams longitudinally secured to andbeneath the frame, a presserheadoperating toggle, a bearing-block onwhich the outer end of the toggle is mounted, said block removablysecured to and between the bed-beams so that the toggle and presserheadcan be easily removed from the machine, and operating mechanism for thetoggle, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a baling-press frame,

a reciprocating presser-head, an operatingtoggle therefor, bed-beamssecured together and to the under side of the frame, and having alongitudinally-slotted portion or seat therein, a bearing-block on whichthe outer end of the toggle is mounted to swing, said block removablysliding in said seat or slotted portion, means to removably lock theblock therein, and toggle-operating mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a baling-press, the combination of a :frame, a reciprocatingrebounding presserhead and its operating mechanism, a track or way onwhich the head travels terminating in stops to limit the rebound of thehead, springs extending beside the stops, the head having curvedsurfaces to engage said springs to force them aside before the headengages the stops, substantially as described.

4. A baling-press, in combination with a press-operating cable, a cableswinging and releasing mechanism on the press and comprising atrip-shaft by which the cable is wound and unwound and having a lateraltrip-arm, a continuously-rotating drivingshafthaving a projection movingin a circular path to engage the trip and rotate the trip-shaft and thenrelease the trip, a crosshead on the trip-shaft, ahand-operatedmechanism at a convenient point on the press, connections from oppositeends of the cross-head to said hand-operated mechanism, each connectionhaving an interposed spring, for the purposes stated.

5. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, a frameextending forwardly therefrom having an end head, a reboundingpresser-head, an operating-toggle, an actuatin g-cable for the toggle, awinding-shaft horizontally mounted on said head and having a sheave towhich said cable is attached, a triparm rigid with one'end of said shaftextended beyond the end head, a continuously-rotating drive-shaftmounted on the frame in a plane above and in rear of said winding-shaftand having an end wheel beyond and beside said trip-arm, and aprojection rigid with and extending in from said wheel and having anantifriction-roll thereon, said roll of the projection arranged toengage said trip-arm and swing it partially around and slip past the endthereof, as and for the purposes stated.

6. In .a baling-press, the combination of a frame, a baling-chamber, areciprocating presser-head and its operating mechanism, said headhavingalower rearward extension, a bottom track on which the headtravels terminating at the front in rigid stop-shoulders to engage saidbottom extension of the head and limit its rebound, and cushioningdevices arranged in the path of said extension at said shoulders andengaging said extension just before the same strikes the shoulders,substantially as described.

7. In a baling-press, the combination of a frame, a baling-chamberhaving a top opening, a presser-head and its operating mechanism, anoperating power therefor mounted at the front end of the frame andcomprising a rotary member having a projection moving in a circularpath, and a feeder for forcing the material through said top opening ofthe baling-chamber, said feeder arranged above the baling-chamber andswinging at an intermediate point and having the forwardly-extendingportion with a curved end arranged in the path of said projection, andoperating substantially as described, the feeder disconnected from saidprojection and arranged to normally hold its feeding end elevated fromthe baling chamber, substantially as described.

8. In a baling-press, the combination of a frame, a presser-head, anoperating-toggle therefor, a toggle-operating cable, the pair ofparallel bed-beams secured to and longitudinal of the frame, said beamshaving the eentral opening between them with the socket or slottedportion between the beams and at the front end of said opening andhaving the rearwardly facing shoulders, the bearingblock between saidbeams and in said socket and having shoulders against said shoulders ofthe beams, the toggle having its front end between the beams andjournaled to said block, substantially as described.

9. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, the frame ofthe press extending forwardly of said chamber, a pair of parallelbed-beams arranged longitudinal of the frame of the press and beneaththe same and extending from the baling-ehamber to the front end of saidframe, said bed-beams rigidly secured to the frame of the press at theirfront and rear ends and also secured together with the central spacebetween them, their end portions being clamped directly together, arebounding presser-head reciprocating in a plane above said bed-beams,an operating-toggle for said head with its front end mounted betweensaid beams in rear of the front ends of said beams and at the front endof said space between the beams, and an op crating-cable connected tothe front portions of said beams in advance of the front end of thetoggle and passing up over the joint-of IIO the toggle and downwardlyand rearwardly for connection with a power, substantially as described.

10. In a baling-prcss, the combination of a baling-chamber, thepress-frame extending forwardly of said chamber, a pair of parallelbed-beams arranged longitudinally beneath the front portion of saidframe, said beams at theirfront ends secured to the front end of thepress -frame, the front supporting -aXle beneath the front ends of saidbed-beams, a clamp securing the rear ends of said bedbeams together andto the press-frame, the rear axle beneath the press-frame, tie-rods extending from the rear axle and coupled to said bed-beams, a reboundingpresser-head, an operating-toggle therefor mounted to and between saidbed-beams, and an actuatingeable for the toggle,substantiallyasdescribed.

11. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-press frame, abaling-chamber, a reciprocating presser-hcad, a part rigid with theframe having a seat or recess terminating in rearwardly-facing rigidshoulders, a bearin g-block in said seat or recess abutting forwardlyagainst said shoulders,a presscr-headoperating toggle at its lowerforward end mounted on said bearing-block so that the forward thrust ofthe toggle on said block is resisted by said rigid shoulders, andtoggleopcrating means, substantially as described.

12. In a baling-press, the combination of a frame, a baling chamber, areciprocating presser-head, a member rigid with the frame and having theprojecting side journal-bosses, a presser-hcad-operating togglecomprising the link pivoted to the head and at the opposite end havingthe projecting side journalbosses, the other link of the toggle made upof the two plates having the end hearings on said bosses, respectively,means confining the ends of said plates loosely on said bosses, and

- toggle-actuatingmeans, substantially as de scribed.

13, In abaling-press, the combination of a frame, a baling-chambercarried thereby, a reciprocating presser-head, a pair of parallelbed-beams arranged longitudinal of the frame and at their front endssecured to the front end of said frame and at their rear ends se- -curedto the frame at the front portion of the baling-chamber, bolts passingtransversely through said bedbeams and securing them togethcrat theirend portions, said beams havin g an open space between theirintermediate portions, the head-operating toggle joined to said beams inrear of their front ends, and toggle-actuating means, substantially asdescribed.

14. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, thepress-frame extending in advance of said chamber and provided with thevertical front-end head rigid therewith, a pair of bed-beams arrangedlongitudinal of and beneath said press-frame and at their front endsarranged on opposite sides of and rigidly secured to the lower end ofsaid. frontend head, a clamp embracing the rear portions of saidbed-beams and locking them together and secured to the press-frame atthe baling-chamber,a reciprocating presser-head, an operating-toggletherefor at its front end mounted between said bed-beams in rear oftheir front ends, and a toggle-actuating cable secured to the bed-beams,substantially as described.

15. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, thepress-frame extending forwardly from the baling-chamber, the pair ofparallel bed-beams at the under side and longitudinal of the press-frameand rigidly secured thereto, said beams secured together with their endportions against each other and with the open space between theirintermediate portions, a clevis secured to said beams in advance of saidspace, a bearing-block secured between said beams at the front end ofsaid opening, a pulley between the rear portions of the beams, areciprocating presserhead, an operating-toggle therefor having a pulleyin its joint and having its outer end mounted on said block, anactuating-cable secured to said clevis and passin upwardly over saidpulley in the joint of the toggle and downwardly and rearwardly betweensaid beams and over the pulley between the same, substantially asdescribed.

16. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, apress-frame extending in advance thereof, a pair of parallel bed-beamssecured to the under side of the frame and together and having the openspace between their intermediate portions, a bearing-block in said openspace and secured between the bed-beams and having the projectinglateral journal-bosses on its opposite sides, a reciprocatingpresser-head, an operating-toggle therefor having its frontend linltcomposed of two parallel plates having bearing-openings looselyreceiving said bosses so that the lower ends of said plates are confinedbetween the inner sides of the bed-beams and the sides of thebearing-block to turn on said bosses, and toggle-actuating means,substantially as described.

17. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, thepress-frame extending forwardly from the baling-chamber and providedwith the vertical front-end head, the pair of parallel bed-beamsextending longitudinal-of and beneath the front portion of thepress-frame and secured together and to the press-frame, a bolt clampingthe front ends of said beams together and to and on opposite sides ofthe lower portion of said front-end head, a leg extending downwardly andforwardly from the front end of the press to the ground an d having itsupper end mounted on said bolt and arranged between the front ends ofthe bed-beams and said frontend head, a reciprocating presser-head, andactuating means therefor mounted on the bedbeams, substantially asdescribed.

18. In a baling-press, the combination of a IIO bailing-chamber, apress-frame extending forwardly therefrom and having a rear wheeledaxle, a pair of parallel bed-beams arranged longitudinal of and beneathsaid frame and rigidly secured thereto and together, the front axlebeneath the front ends of said bed-beams, the king-bolt arranged andsecured between the front ends of said beams and extending below thesame and loosely resting in the front axle and having the head above thesame, means loosely confining the axle to said bolt, and apresser-head'and its actuating means, substantially as described.

19. I11 a baling-press, the combinationof the press-frame having a rearaxle and wheels, bed-beams longitudinally beneath the front portion ofthe frame, a king-bolt secured therein and extending below the same andhaving the rounded lower end with an enlarged annular head above thesaid end with a rounded upper surface, the front axle having a socket inwhich said end loosely rests with said head on the axle, and platessecured to the axle and extending over the rounded upper surface of saidhead, substantially as described.

20. In a baling-prcss, the combination of a baling chamber, a pressframe extending forwardly therefrom, the parallel bed-beams securedlongitudinally of and beneath the front portion of said frame with theopen space between their intermediate portions, the reciprocatingpresser-head, the operatin gtoggle thereof having its front end mountedbetween said bed-beams at the front end of said space between the sameand in a horizontal plane below the path of travelof the presser-head,the actuating-cable at its front end secured to said bed-beams inadvance of the front end of the toggle and from thence passing up overthe joint of the toggle and then rearwardly and downwardly and downthrough the rear portions of the bed-beams at a point in rear of thelimit of rearward move ment of the joint of the toggle, a pulley at therear portions of the bed-beams around which the cable passes, and acable winding and releasing mechanism, substantially as described.

21. In a balingpress, the combination of a baling-chamber, thepress-frame extending forwardly in advance of said chamber, a horizontalwinding and releasing shaft mounted at the front end of said frame, ahorizontal driving-shaft also mounted on the front end of said frame andactuating said windingshaft, the reciprocating presser-head, the0perating-toggle at its front end pivoted in rear of the front end ofthe frame in a plane below the path of the presser-head, anactuatingcable secured in advance of the front end of the toggle andpassing up over the joint of the toggle and downwardly and rearwardlytherefrom, a pulley in rear of the limit of rearward movement of thejoint of the toggle around which said cable passes and from which itpasses forwardly beneath the frame,

a pulley at the front portion of the frame around which said cablepasses up to the winding-shaft, substantially as described.

22. In a baling-press, the combination of a baling chamber, a pressframe extending forwardly from the baling-chamber, a reboundingpresser-head, an operating-toggle therefor comprising a long link joinedto the head and a short link journaled at its front end in rear of thefront end of the frame and in a plane below the horizontal path ofmovement of the head, the toggle-actuating cable at its front endsecured at a point in front of and above the plane of the front end ofthe toggle and extending upwardly and loosely around the toggle at itsjoint and from thence rearwardly and downwardly to a point below and inrear of the limit of rearward movement of the joint of the toggle, apulley at said point around which said cable passes, and cablewindingand releasing mechanism so which the cable extends, substantially asdescribed.

23. In abaling-press, the combination of a baling-chamber, a press-frameprovided with a rear axle and extending forwardly from thebaling-chamber and provided with a frontend head, paralleled bed-beamsarranged at the under side of said frame from the balingchamber to saidfront-end head, a clamp se curing the rear ends of said beams togetherand to the press-frame at the front end of the baling-chamber, the frontends of the beams secured together and to said front-end head. the frontaxlebeneath the front ends of said beams, a king-bolt secured to thefront ends of the beams and on which the front axle mounted, the rearaxle tied to the rear portions of the bed beams, a reciprocating.presser-head, an operating-toggle connected to the bed-beams, and anactuating-cable therefor secured to the bed-beams so that the end thrustof the toggle is received by and longitudinal of said beams,substantially as described.

24. In a baling-press, the combination of it baling-chamber, apress-frame extending forwardly therefrom, a rebounding presser-head. anoperating-toggle therefor, the toggle-actuating cable, a cable windingand releasin shaft horizontally mounted at the front end of the frameand having a sheave on which the cable is Wound and at one end alaterallyextending trip-arm rigid with the shaft, acontinuously-rotating drive-shaft mounted horizontally at the frontportion of the frame and provided with a wheel rigid therewith andprovided with a projection moving in a fixed circular path and arrangedto engage the end portion of said trip-arm and swing said arm around andmove toward its inner end and then move toward its outer end and slippast the same and permit release of the winding-shaft and rebound of theplunger. substantially as described.

25. A frame, and an actuating-cable, in combination with a cable windingand releasin shaft, to which said cable is secured, provided with arigid lateral trip-arm, a drive-shaft arranged to revolve continuouslyin one direction and provided with a projection eccen: tric to thedrive-shaft and moving in a fixed circular path, said trip-arm soarranged in relation to said projection that the projection when movingaround first engages said arm near its outer end and swings the samearound as the projection travels thereon toward its inner end and thentravels toward its outer end andslips past the same and permitsunwinding of the winding-shaft and return of the trip arm, and wherebythe greatest force is exerted on the winding-shaft at the beginning andending of the stroke when the projection is in engagement with the outerend portion of the arm, substantially as described. 7

26. In combination, a rebounding presserhead, its operating-toggle, thetoggle-actuating cable, a frame, a cable-winding shaft to which saidcable is secured having a laterallyextending trip-arm rigid with one endthereof, a continuously-rotating drive-shaft parallel with and adjacentto the winding-shaft and provided with a wheel rigid with one end, andat the outer side of said trip-arm and so that the axis of thewinding-shaft is within the circle of the circumference of said wheel,said wheel having a projection extending inwardly from a point near itscircumference to engage said arm and swing the same so that its free endmoves around from a point on one side of the drive-shaft to a pointapproximately diametrically opposite where the projection slips past theend of said arm and releases the same, substantially as described.

27. The combination of a frame, a drivingshaft arranged to rotatecontinuously in one direction and provided with a projection eccentricto the axis of the shaft and moving in a fixed circular path, a windingand releasing shaft arranged parallel with and ad jacent to saiddriving-shaft so that the axis of the winding shaft is arranged withinthe circle in which said projectionmoves, and a trip-arm rigid with andextending laterally from the windingshaft and arranged so that the endof said arm normally extends into the path of said projection and can beswung inwardly out of said path and toward the driving-shaft to throwthe winding-shaft out of gear with the driving-shaft, and so that at itslimit of winding swing said arm swings in wardly toward thedriving-shaft and out of the path of said projection permitting theprojection to slip past the end of the arm and the arm to return to itssaid normal position to be again engaged by the projection,substantially as described.

28. In combination, a frame, a drivingshaft having a projectioneccentric to the axis of the shaft and moving in a fixed circular path,an actuating-cable, a cable winding and releasing shaft to which saidcable is secured and by which it is wound to apply the power, means tounwind the cable from said shaft, the axis of said winding shaftextending within the circle of said path of the projection, a trip arn1rigid with said winding-shaft and extending laterally therefrom so as toswing within the path of said projection, said trip-arm being soarranged in relation to said projection that at its limit of windingstroke it moves in toward the driving-shaft and out of the path of saidprojection to permit the projection slipping past the end of andreleasing the trip-arm which then swings back with its free end in thepath of said projection, and a yielding or spring device normallyholding the end of the trip-arm in the path of said projection at itslimit of releasing or unwinding movement, substantially as de scribed.

I11 testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NORMAN B. YVILDER.

